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| author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-07-14 20:57:42 +0100 |
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| committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-07-14 20:57:42 +0100 |
| commit | 1798c4aeca70ac8d0a243684d6a798fbc65735f8 (patch) | |
| tree | e48e19cb6fa03de18e1c63e1a93371b7ebc4eb56 /dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml | |
| parent | d87262dd706fec50cd150aab3e93883b6337466d (diff) | |
gentoo resync : 14.07.2018
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diff --git a/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml deleted file mode 100644 index d8fae30b11e1..000000000000 --- a/dev-libs/libffi/metadata.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> -<pkgmetadata> - <maintainer type="project"> - <email>toolchain@gentoo.org</email> - <name>Gentoo Toolchain Project</name> - </maintainer> - <longdescription lang="en"> - Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain - conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate - compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling - convention". The "calling convention" is essentially a set of - assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will - be found on entry to a function. A "calling convention" also specifies - where the return value for a function is found. - - Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments - are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be - told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call - a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a - bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code. - - The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming - interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to - call any function specified by a call interface description at run - time. - - Ffi stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function - interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code - written in one language to call code written in another language. The - libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent - layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must - exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed - between the two languages. - </longdescription> - <use> - <flag name="pax_kernel">Use PaX emulated trampolines, for we can't use PROT_EXEC</flag> - </use> -</pkgmetadata> |